Bay Area musician Aki Kumar leads an introductory, one-hour harmonica workshop, with detailed subject matter and prerequisites still forthcoming from the presenter. The session offers beginners a chance to learn from a masterful harmonica player, vocalist, bandleader, drummer, and producer.

Raised in Mumbai and originally trained for a career in software engineering, Kumar found his artistic path through the blues after moving to the United States. His “Bollywood blues” approach combines retro Indian music with the language of American blues, creating an energetic cross-cultural style grounded in two decades on the San Jose music scene.